BOJ Governor Says He Will Press On With Aggressive Monetary Easing

Kuroda Confident That G-20 Supports His Radical Easing

By

Takashi Nakamichi

July 20, 2013 3:40 p.m. ET

MOSCOW—Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda on Saturday renewed his pledge to press ahead with aggressive monetary easing as he emerged from a high-profile global meeting confident his policy program has backing from the rest of the world.

Little over three months after Mr. Kuroda led the Japanese central bank to adopt easing steps of a "different dimension," the BOJ chief appears firmly convinced that he made the right move...